OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION PROJECT [THIS EXPLORATION PROJECT WILL INCREASE THE USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) IN SELECT HISTORY, SPEECH, AND MUSIC COURSES IN VICTORIA COLLEGE?S CORE CURRICULUM. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY OR DEVELOP OER FOR THE TARGETED COURSES TO SUSTAIN THEIR ACADEMIC RIGOR WHILE REDUCING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR STUDENTS, THEREBY INCREASING THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF ACCESSING COURSE MATERIALS, EXPOSING THEM TO A WIDER VARIETY OF HUMANITIES TEXTS, AND IMPROVING THEIR SUCCESS RATES IN VITAL HUMANITIES COURSES. ONE VICTORIA COLLEGE FACULTY FROM EACH OF THE THREE TARGET DISCIPLINES WILL REVIEW AND SELECT OER FOR THEIR COURSES. THEY WILL SUBSEQUENTLY GENERATE AN ONLINE DATABASE OF OER FROM WHICH ADDITIONAL VICTORIA COLLEGE FACULTY CAN BENEFIT. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PER YEAR WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT.]